Thursday, 3 January 2013

Collective Punishment Still All The Rage In 2013, Then...

However, yobs have been using the road as a racetrack since September, causing misery for residents by revving their engines, honking their horns and causing damage to the road in the early hours.

All traffic offences. So, catch them, prosecute them, impose ASBOs.

No? What, too much like hard work, Essex Police?

An Essex Police spokesperson said: “Our policing operations to combat anti-social bikers on Roscommon Way appear to have only fixed the problem short term. We are looking into a more robust way of combating the problem in the long term.

“We are continuing to liaise with the highways authority in a bid to alter the road layout to prevent such dangerous riding.”

The plans could include introducing traffic calming measures such as speed humps or chicanes to force motorists to slow down.

They did exactly the same some years ago in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (plus new by-laws) so everyone has speed humps and nuisance rather than the police taking action agaoinst what were obvious traffic offenses. Which would have weeded out the illegal drivers rather than simply moving them elsewhere.

Arhh this is Canvey Island's famous 'road to nowhere' then... running mostly through green fields and past oil storage depots. In many ways, the perfect place to have a bit of fun without bothering other road users.